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Raj Kulasingam

+44 20 7246 7596 raj.kulasingam@dentons.com

Work Department

Energy, Transport and Infrastructure

Position

Raj is a senior corporate/commercial lawyer at Dentons. His 30-year legal career has covered a wide range of transactions in various sectors including financial services, private equity, venture capital, media and technology, real estate, energy (including renewables, and oil and gas), transport (road and rail), utilities (water and waste) and other infrastructure. He has built a world-class network and practice, by being not just a legal advisor but also a connector who is approachable, commercial, enthusiastic, cheerful, humorous, open, practical and collaborative. He aims to add value to all clients and contacts with whom he engages.

Raj was born, raised and educated in Malaysia until he came to the UK for his university and professional legal education (Warwick University and Inns of Court School of Law where he qualified as a Barrister at Gray’s Inn).

He has spent the better part of the last 30 years advising on transactions in the UK, Europe, Africa, Asia and the Middle East. He works with Dentons teams and offices across the globe in originating and advising on transactions in numerous sectors and is an active member of Dentons’ Global Africa Group. He is both passionate and optimistic about the future of the continent.

He enjoys public speaking and interacting with people at all levels and is a frequent speaker on a variety of subjects in which he has an interest/experience, from energy and infrastructure to private equity and venture capital/angel investing.

In his spare time, Raj is an active angel investor, advisor and mentor with a portfolio of more than 30 companies (in Europe, Africa and South East Asia), four VC funds and a tech accelerator (with 34 portfolio companies).

Career

• Senior Counsel/Angel Investor/Advisor, Dentons (2010 to date)
• Partner, Dentons (2000 – 2010)
• Senior Associate, Dentons (1995 – 2000)
• Barrister, Gouldens (1990 – 1995)

Education

• Inns of Court School of Law, 1989
• University of Warwick, 1988, LLB